New Rail Rates, Stolen Mail, and Grain Plans Reported
Reports include a two cent per mile rail passenger rate bill passing in the New York assembly, a $10,000 registered mail package stolen between Wilmington and New York, and 6690 ewes at Smith Brothers Klickitat raising 95 percent lambs. Joseph Bush arrested in Oregon over a Missouri Pacific train robbery. John Henry killed. Grain growers meet at Walla Walla April 23 to set harvest wages and influence markets amid labor counter moves. Colorado Governor seeks national public land convention in Denver June 17 to 20. Virginia land grant suit defeated again in Whitesburg circuit court. case to proceed to federal court.
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Wilmington
N. C
New York
Smith Brothers
Klickitat
Washington
Joseph Bush
Myrtle Point
Ore
Missouri Pacific
Pittsburg
Kan
John Henry
Kansas
United States
Walla Walla
Columbia Counties
Buchtel
Colorado
Denver
Whitesburg
Lewie
For Sale Ranches and Wheat Land Near Pendleton
For sale 480 acres adjoining city limits Pendleton and 960 acres in wheat. Two tons per acre possible. Price 212000 including crop. Easy terms. Water on every quarter. Also several stock ranches in Came Prairie for sale. A hotel at Pilot Rock cheap. Wheat land in large or small tracts. Suburban homes with fine orchards. Phone black 8111. Offices B. O. Building.
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Pendleton
Cames Prairie
Pilot Rock
Tough youth captured in Portland burglar case
Portland April 18 report says Arthur Burtondorfer Ilias Frank Davis and Allan Lewin alias Lane were nabbed after a desperate struggle with officers Hoellyer Slover and Hammersley. The arrest follows a midnight incident, details partially incomplete in the dispatch.
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Portland
Arthur Burtondorfer
Ilias Frank Davis
Allan Lewin
Alias Lane
Officera Hoellyer
Sloverland Hammersley
Burtondorfer
Portland burglar suspect linked to dozen crimes
The 19 year old ex reform school inmate disarmed but fought with a revolver early in the game. Police found burglary tools a pink domino and other items in his room. Authorities cite strong evidence he committed about a dozen Portland burglaries in the past year some with brutal facets.
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Portland
Facnulte
Ian
State Reform School
Whitman challenges Oregon for northwest title
Whitman college has issued a challenge to the University of Oregon to meet its track team in Portland or in Whitman’s city as the Missionaries pursue the northwest championship. Star sprinter Cox and backer Phil Brook headline a strong squad including Felthoure Wilson Davenport and more, with the interclass meet set for Ankeny field Wednesday to reveal the team’s top form. In Bellingham, Washington, Langdon L. Roose is murdered, with detective charge against W. E. B. Perry alias Harry Livingstone in Chester County, D. C., March 1, 1906.
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Whitman College
University of Oregon
Portland
Walla Walla
Cox
Northwest
Philbrook
Felthoure
Wilson
Davenport
Ankeny
Bellingham
Waah
W. EB. Perry
Harry Livingstone
Langdon L. Roore
Chester County
D. C
Denver Mint Shortage Triggers Five-Cent Impurity Probe
Denver coinage alleged to be below standard prompts a government assay review of a $20 gold piece struck at the Denver mint. A five-cent fineness shortfall could mean $2,500 per every million dollars in coin. Inspectors report to the president and seek to remove responsible officers if negligence or inefficiency is found.
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Denver
The
Denver News
Philadelphia
Joslin M. Hetrick
Meltoy Oni
Fageman
Maken
Arthur P. Hodgson
Aeeayer
Carson City
Carson Cly
United States
Charles Barnaby Dead at Fort Simcoe
Charles Barnaby a Fort Simcoe government teamster died suddenly Tuesday morning, likely from heart disease. A notable figure on the Yakima reservation he helped Hudson Bay crews, ran a tug on Puget Sound, and was known as more white than Indian with part French heritage. The Catholic priest will conduct services and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery today.
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Barnaby
Lynch
Puget Sound
Hudson Fay Company
British Treasury Surplus Reported in Commons
London reports a surplus of over 1,050,000 dollars to cut the national debt. In New York Ethel Rockefeller wed Marocelus Hartley Dodge, valued around 220 million dollars. In Boston the jury in Dr John Sinclair's fourth trial found him not guilty of causing Anne Rumell’s death by an illegal operation.
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London
Commons
New York
Ethel Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Marocelus Hartley Dodge
Bucklen’s Arnica Balm Heals Sores Quickly
John Washington of Fosqueville Texas suffered a spider bite and blood poisoning that threatened his leg. After using Bucklen's Arnica Balm, relief came after the first application and four boxes healed all sores. Read the Times Oregonian for details.
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Spicer
John Washington
Fosqueville
Tex
Bucklen
Tallman & Co
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Oregonian
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Hermiston, Oregon
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Pendleton, Oregon
Title Guarantee & Trust Company
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George H, Hill
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Charles H. Kopf
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